A seven-run sixth inning delivered an 8-6 comeback victory for the Kings Mountain High baseball team against county rival Shelby on Friday night at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium.

Walks and wild pitches started the rally in the top of the sixth before the Mountaineers delivered five consecutive hits to turn a 6-1 deficit into the decisive margin. Alex Grooms, Cameron Bullock and Zach Hegler had the walks, with the first two scoring on wild pitches and Hegler coming around on Daniel Barrett’s RBI double.

Logan Stevens followed with a single, and Wil Sellers’ two-run double to left field tied it 6-all.

Sellers said his team looked dead earlier in the game before turning it on late.

“Everybody did a good job of keeping their heads up,” Sellers said. “Once it gets going, it’s contagious.”

An RBI double by Alex Reynolds and an RBI single by Landon Bolin pushed the Mountaineers in front for the first time.

“It will be a game that we can look back to and build off of,” Kings Mountain coach Matt Bridges said.

Reynolds picked up the win, going 2 2/3 innings in relief with three hits, one walk, one hit batsman and one run allowed. Jaylen Byrd, who faced three batters in the sixth, took the loss with three hits and three runs allowed.

Grooms, the Mountaineer starter, with went 4 1/3 innings with six hits and five runs allowed. He recorded two strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision.

Shelby starter Cody Fitch threw 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts, five walks, three hit batsmen, two hits and four runs allowed. He also took a no-decision. Stevens and Bolin each had two hits for Kings Mountain (2-3), with Stevens scoring a run. Chandler Young had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs to pace the Golden Lions (1-4), with Grant Byers adding two hits, including a double, and an RBI. The Mountaineers play at Hunter Huss on Tuesday, and Shelby visits Patton the same night.